COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The owner of a Midlands residential care facility is now facing charges after the death of a patient. Betty Miles,75, turned herself in Tuesday after being charged by Richland County Sheriff’s department with neglect of a vulnerable adult. These charges are in connection to the death of Henry Harmon on June 27, 2018 at Miles Residential on…
A South Carolina city industrial park is searching for more food trucks to feed its employees.
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- The Columbia Police Department has deployed a team of 6 officers to help people in need following Florence. The officers will be gone for 7 days to Aynor in Horry County. While there, the teams will assist with various hurricane Florence flood relief efforts. CPD is one of the many law enforcement agencies across the country helping in…
A man is dead after being shot multiple times Sunday afternoon.
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The Richland County Sheriff’s Department needs help identifying four suspects wanted for Armed Robbery. The incident happened at 12:30am on Friday at the Exxon gas station on Blythewood Road. Deputies say four suspects entered the gas station and robbed the business at gun point. One of the suspects shot his gun into the ceiling of the…
CONWAY,SC (WOLO)- Hundreds of Guardsman have been working 24 hours a day since Saturday (9/15) to build a barrier to protect Highway 501 as record flood levels continue to rise. Water from the Waccamaw River and Lake Busbee merged into one after Florence. The flooding is expected to reach its highest point on Monday. “We are protecting to twenty feet…
MULLINS, SC (WOLO)- Two mental health patients died Tuesday when an Horry County Sheriff’s Office transport van drove through flooded waters on Highway 76, near Little Pee Dee River. Nearly 24 hours after the two women died, their bodies were finally pulled out of the still submerged van. Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson identified the two victims as Windy Newton,…
ABC Columbia’s Alexis Frazier attempted to enter Nichols, S.C. to tell us more about potential flooding, but water levels were already too high for the crew to make it through.
DARLINGTON, SC (WOLO)– In parts of the Palmetto State, especially Conway, Horry County, Marion and Darlington, flooding is a real danger. ABC Columbia’s Alexis Frazier went to Darlington, where the flooding closed down major highways and destroyed roads. Categories: Local News, News, State Tags: Florence, South Carolina Flood
DARLINGTON,SC (WOLO)- The Northern part of the state got pounded by rain, and flooding still a major danger. Roads turned into rivers as water continues to rise in the Carolinas making it hard for drivers to maneuver through. “A flash flood is called a flash flood because it comes and goes in a flash,” Henry McMaster said. Flash flood warnings…
